WELCOME TO GLIADELPHIA

Philadelphia’s Glia Research Community

More than “brain glue”, glia form and sculpt neural circuits, maintain vascular integrity, promote neural repair, and much, much more. Together, the Gliadelphia community works to understand the magic and mystery of glia.

Organizing Group

Denise Garcia

Drexel University

Astrocyte development & diversity

JennIFER OrthmanN-Murphy

University of Pennsylvania

Glia in acquired & inherited demyelinating disease

Mariko Bennett

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Microglia in health and disease

BrigiD Jensen

Thomas Jefferson University

Glia-mediated molecular pathways in ALS

ShIN KaNG

Temple University

Regenerative glial response in CNS injury

Samantha Ferrante

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Administrative Director of Neuroscience Research

Former Organizers:

Elena Blanco-Suarez

Joseph Gallegos